The annual salary statistics of fast food cooks in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of fast food cooks in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $21,510 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $22,880 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $25,440 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $29,150 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $31,460 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for fast food cooks in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $31,460. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $25,440. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $21,510.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of fast food cooks from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $25,440 | 2.40% | 10.61% |
| 2016 | $24,830 | 0.72% | - |
| 2015 | $24,650 | 3.41% | - |
| 2014 | $23,810 | 1.18% | - |
| 2013 | $23,530 | 3.36% | - |
| 2012 | $22,740 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $25,440 in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is in the middle of salary range for fast food cooks in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of fast food cooks in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is 32.6 percent (32.6%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 25.6 percent (25.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana.